Monthly Archives: March 2017

By contrast, cats are trusted to do whatever they please. Owners let them pad around at night, or leave them unattended while they are on holiday (‘always make sure your catflap swings both ways,’ Watkins advises). Added to that is the fact cats can jump or climb anything, and squeeze through the most improbable of gaps.

In short, they may not roam far, but cats can also disappear without a trace. Maow Maow included. Back on the housing estate, Harrison searches three more gardens, several more sheds and a community polytunnel, all to no avail. Suddenly, a brown, striped cat crosses our path. I am inordinately excited. It looks exactly like Maow Maow.

Harrison looks up for no more than a split second. ‘Nope, not Maow Maow. The legs are too short, and the hair is too long. Close, though,’ she says, turning a bucket over. Then her walkie-talkie buzzes.

By contrast, cats are trusted to do whatever they please. Owners let them pad around at night, or leave them unattended while they are on holiday (‘always make sure your catflap swings both ways,’ Watkins advises). Added to that is the fact cats can jump or climb anything, and squeeze through the most improbable of gaps.

In short, they may not roam far, but cats can also disappear without a trace. Maow Maow included. Back on the housing estate, Harrison searches three more gardens, several more sheds and a community polytunnel, all to no avail. Suddenly, a brown, striped cat crosses our path. I am inordinately excited. It looks exactly like Maow Maow.

Harrison looks up for no more than a split second. ‘Nope, not Maow Maow. The legs are too short, and the hair is too long. Close, though,’ she says, turning a bucket over. Then her walkie-talkie buzzes.

NUTLEY, NJ — Nutley Police Director Alphonse Petracco and Chief Thomas Strumolo announced Thursday that they are seeking the public’s assistance to find 68-year-old Nutley resident Richard Shepard, who was last seen Wednesday, March 29, at 10 a.m.

Shepard is described as white, 5’11”, weighing 160 lbs. with gray hair.

He was driving a 2006 Red GMC Envoy NJ Reg. 2811BB, according to police. Anyone who has seen Shepard or knows where he is is asked to contact the Nutley Police Department at 973-284-4940.

It’s been 17 years since 30-year-old Debbie Melo disappeared in Weymouth. For law enforcement and family members, the search for clues continues on for the Taunton mother of two.

Benjamin Paulin The Patriot Ledger @BPaulin_Ledger

WEYMOUTH – Behind the treeline along Route 18 in South Weymouth, dozens of posh new apartments and condominiums are taking over the wooded area where police once conducted a massive search for a missing 30-year-old mother from Taunton.

Seventeen years ago, police used officers, dogs and a helicopter to comb the closed 1,400-acre South Weymouth Naval Air Base, now the Union Point development, in search of Debbie Melo. There was no trace of her on the air base or the area around Hartstone florist across the street where her husband told investigators he dropped her off after an argument.

Investigators say the search in June 2000 missed nothing, and there are no